Sanskrit quote nr. 2383 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अभ्यासः कर्मणां सम्यग् उत्पादयति कौशलम् ।
विधिना तावदभ्यस्तं यावत् सृष्टा मृगेक्षणा ॥abhyāsaḥ karmaṇāṃ samyag utpādayati kauśalam |
vidhinā tāvadabhyastaṃ yāvat sṛṣṭā mṛgekṣaṇā ||
Index
Presented above is a Sanskrit aphorism, also known as a subhāṣita, which is at the very least, a literary piece of art. This page provides critical research material such as an anlaysis on the poetic meter used, an English translation, a glossary explaining technical terms, and a list of resources including print editions and digital links.
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: Consider this as an approximate extraction of glossary words based on an experimental segmentation of the Sanskrit verse. Some could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned.
Abhyasa (abhyāsa, अभ्यास): defined in 16 categories.
Utpada (utpāda, उत्पाद): defined in 6 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Yati (yatī, यती): defined in 18 categories.
Kaushala (kausala, kauśala, कौशल): defined in 10 categories.
Vidhi (विधि): defined in 15 categories.
Tavat (tāvat, तावत्): defined in 2 categories.
Abhyasta (अभ्यस्त): defined in 8 categories.
Yavat (yāvat, यावत्): defined in 4 categories.
Srishta (srsta, sṛṣṭa, सृष्ट, sṛṣṭā, सृष्टा): defined in 5 categories.
Mrigekshana (mrgeksana, mṛgekṣaṇā, मृगेक्षणा): defined in 1 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Jainism, Sanskrit, Vastushastra (architecture), Purana (epic history), Yoga (school of philosophy), Mimamsa (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Marathi, Hindi, Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Kannada, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Jain philosophy, Pali, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), India history, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Nepali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Prakrit, Arts (wordly enjoyments), Dharmashastra (religious law)
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit verse. If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.
- Line 1: “abhyāsaḥ karmaṇāṃ samyag utpādayati kauśalam”
- abhyāsaḥ -
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abhyāsa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- karmaṇām -
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karman (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- samyag -
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samyak (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- utpāda -
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utpāda (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]utpāda (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yati -
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yati (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]yatin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]yati (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]yatī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]yat (noun, masculine)[locative single]yat (noun, neuter)[locative single]√i -> yat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> yatī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
- kauśalam -
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kauśala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “vidhinā tāvadabhyastaṃ yāvat sṛṣṭā mṛgekṣaṇā”
- vidhinā -
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vidhi (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- tāvad -
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tāvat (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tāvat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tāvat (noun, masculine)[compound]tāvat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- abhyastam -
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abhyasta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]abhyasta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]abhyastā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- yāvat -
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yāvat (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yāvat (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yāvat (noun, masculine)[compound]yāvat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sṛṣṭā* -
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sṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]sṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√sṛj -> sṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √sṛj class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √sṛj class 6 verb]√sṛj -> sṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √sṛj class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √sṛj class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √sṛj class 6 verb]
- mṛgekṣaṇā -
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mṛgekṣaṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha
buy this bookThis quote is included within the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha (महासुभाषितसंग्रह, maha-subhashita-samgraha / subhasita-sangraha), which is a compendium of Sanskrit aphorisms (subhāṣita), collected from various sources. Subhāṣita is a genre of Sanskrit literature, exposing the vast and rich cultural heritage of ancient India.
It has serial number 2383 and can be found on page . (read on archive.org)
Sanskrit is the oldest living language and bears testimony to the intellectual past of ancient India. Three major religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) share this language, which is used for many of their holy books. Besides religious manuscripts, much of India’s ancient culture has been preserved in Sanskrit, covering topics such as Architecture, Music, Botany, Surgery, Ethics, Philosophy, Dance and much more.